9 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to give his annual State of the State address to a less-friendly Legislature amid serious budget problems. The Republican governor was scheduled to speak Tuesday evening to a joint session of the GOP-controlled House and Senate. The address gives Brownback a chance to outline his agenda for the 90-day legislative session ...

9 years ago
Burglars visit an area business twice during the overnight hours and steal 2 work trucks and tools. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a break in at Mid-Kansas Underground, 1345 W. Old 40 Highway that began around 12:20am Tuesday morning. Lt. Michael Ascher tells KSAL News that at least one suspect made entry into the building ...

9 years ago
Chief Justice Lawton Nuss says the Kansas Supreme Court hopes to have a decision on whether the state's spending on public schools is adequate. But Nuss wouldn't say Monday exactly when the high court expects rule in a lawsuit filed against the state in 2010 by four local school districts. The Legislature expects to work this year ...

9 years ago
An arrest is made after a stolen car was found wrecked southeast of Salina. Deputies with the Saline County Sheriff's Office took 33-year-old Joshua R. Swisher into custody on Sunday afternoon after locating an unoccupied vehicle that was on its top at Simpson and Salemsborg Road on Sunday morning. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News ...

9 years ago
An employee at Claire's Boutique in the Central Mall reported the the theft of her wedding ring. Tatina Ballard told police she placed her wedding ring on a rolling cart on Sunday afternoon around 4:30pm. Minutes later she noticed the $600 ring was gone. Police are now reviewing security video from the mall.   Burglers entered an ...

9 years ago
In the early 1870s, Abilene, KS, was the top cattle town in American.  Cowboys drove thousands of cattle up from Texas to the stockyards, from where they’d be shipped by train back east.  It’s a heritage that Abilene celebrates today in a number of ways—attracting visitors, not cows. That’s one reason Abilene is #3 among True ...

9 years ago
A convenience store clerk called police after being threatened by a patron at the counter. Police arrested 42-year-old Andrew Richmeier on Saturday after he allegedly told an employee at Casey's, 1100 E. Iron, that he had a gun and was going to shoot her after a confrontation that began around 12:15am. Police report that Richmeier came in ...

9 years ago
It was a smooth transition of power in Saline County Monday morning. County officials who won election in November were sworn into office in Saline County District Court by Judge Patrick Thompson. For the first time since the 1970s Republicans hold every elected office in Saline County. A half dozen new faces taking office, including four ...

9 years ago
An arrest on the Interstate leads to the seizure of cash and narcotics. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a deputy on patrol clocked a westbound Ford F150  with Nevada plates driving 86-miles per hour in a 75-mph zone. The stop then turned into a narcotics investigation with deputies finding some personal use meth ...

9 years ago
In conjunction with the biggest weekends of football games of the year, Salina's biggest weekend efforts of the year to gather food for the hungry are underway. The 2017 Souper Bowl of Hope is here. The Souper Bowl of Hope is an effort of Salina churches and businesses to gather cans of soup. The soup is ...

9 years ago
A former Haskell Indian Nations University student originally charged with raping a fellow student will serve 60 days in county jail and two years of probation after a plea deal that drew strong objections from the victim and her family. Jared Wheeler was sentenced Friday after pleading no contest in November to aggravated battery. He originally ...